Monday, March 26, 2007

Reparation

There is a story in the news today in which the Archbishop of Canterbury says the Church of England should make reparation for its part in the slave trade. As I heard this on the news this morning my immediate thought was to wonder whether they will get round to making reparation for the Reformation and the loss of Catholic property!

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I don't believe that with all the evil that is allowed to flourish in the world today that any of us have the right to judge our ancestors.On a less serious note, I have often mentioned to Catholic priests that we ask that we have all our old churches restored to us. Not one has so far been delighted with the prospect of looking after a crumbling medieval church needing new heating, new lighting and a new roof!

Truly, I would not believe the Gospel unless the authority of the Catholic Church impressed me.

St Augustine: Contra epistolam Manichaei 5.6

“The usus antiquior should be a standard element of the cultural capital of all Latin Rite Catholics since it so effectively resists secularism and satisfies the post-modern hunger for coherent order, beauty and an experience of self-transcendence.”